Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-11

law snd also 10 enforce The penalties
provided fer such violation. He "a also
urged 20 be diliesnt In enforcing the
law against the importation % intoxi-
catieg liquors. bFaAch loading rinss and
ammuniiion 70 The TERRITORY Of Alaska,
e provided By the Excessive order Of
May 4sh. These oFdsrs ere also idsnti-
tal with those issued on the same sub-
iect last year. No reference is made 10
the aileeed sDeroschment on cur ash-
cries riRhts hy foreign nation. That
question sill forms 9 subject Of nsgo-
ttAtion between this country and Great
Britain and the policy os this Govern
NEST vita regard 10 Il Elill rsmAins un-
settled.
sealing and OtAer Ssws From Rritlsh
CelumAia.
vpUroarA (B. o., May l0.-The seal
ina sshoopers Dolphin. Sayward City,
and San Diego. arrived tsdav With
light estchea. The Penelope. Captain
Miner, vas reported With 500. One OF
the San DieRo's hentsrs, named Moks,
wes drowned in sqaall. beat con.
tanning three men vas lost from the
sahO0Ber Pathfinder in the foQ. AID
cas- never found again. A quantity Of
schooner vreokaRe vas picked mp OF
Cape Flattery, supposed 20 be that Of
the Aesive. now given up fer loat.
Henry Lawrence, Who vas struck
with falling tree yesterday, In the
suharbs, died today.
Lewis samuel, q prominent Toronto
merchant, arrived from San Prancisco
Monday, and died st the Clarence Hotel
today frem uraemia.
spanish Congress Informed.
MApRID, May 10. - The Minister Of
Forelga Affairs informed Congress 10.
day that ID vas improbable that 3 esm-
merclal treaty bsaween the West Indies |
and the United States vonld be ar
ranged. Ths Government is not In |
elinsd b enter upon . tariff var.
In the Commoas.
LONDON, May l0.-In the House Of |
Commons today in the Oommittee on /
the Osercion bill. Healy moved ~ an |
amendment that q person committed |
for contempt Of court should be treated /
as g hFst class misdemeanog. He argued
that witnesses committed for refusing /
to answer questions, ought not to be |
subjected 10 the rAme punishment 90 q
criminal. When the last coercion act /
vas In effect the mere detention Of
many persons shortened their lives ten !
years. (CFics Hear, hear
Balfeur, Chief Secretary fer Ireland.
aaid the persons committed could avoid
punishment by answering questions.
There vas no difference between q egse
under the clause and cases Of contempt
under ordinary law.
John O'Oounor, Nationalist, said that
the Government imprisoned witnesses
as common criminals for refusing to
answer qaestiona II would be dis
grace to civilization. Why did they not
propose TO spply the old fashioned i'm
plements OF torture, including the
thumbscrew and Rackl
Healy's amsndment wSs finally re-
ieeted, 1876 to Ia.
Healy moved 70 amend the penalty for
contempt in the case Of witnesses 10
seven days' imprisonment.
Amendment l0st, lSs 10 Ill.
American LeGaGIOa Moved.
CrrY OF MExIco, May 10.-The Amer
loan LsRatioA has been removed TO
spacious handsome building where
Minister Manning also has his resi-
dence.
Postmaster at HALEY.
WASHINGTON. May l0.-The President
has appointed J. Guy Hammer as post
master at HALEY, Idaho, vice Henry
Boms, resigned.
Spirit RIlI Before the ReiehstAg.
BERLIN, May 10.-The ReichstaE to-
day began a debate on the AEst reading
Of the spirit bill. Minister Won Soholz,
in presenting the bill, urged the neoes-
atty of increasing the revenue of the
empire, in view of the greater pre-
cautions demanded for the security Of
the fatherlAnd. The bill. be said, es-
peeially affected agricultural interests.
The government believed, however,
that the soath German States, without
endanCeFinR the interests OF their dis
tilleFies, or agricultural classes, osuld
suppOrt the tar. Tie majority Of the
speakers that followed declared IN favor
II the bill. Riedel, the BavariAn
Finance Minister, stated that
be would support the bill in
the general interest Of Germany, but
Bavaria IL not disposed 10 rsnounee her
rights. She gave her approval uadeE
reserve and demanded Q careful inquiry
a. TO whsshsr or not the businsss OF the
Bavarian distillefies would suffer under
the bill. Representative Sehmid Of
WuEtemb1rR said that the bin net with
favor 10 WurtemburR. The Govern
ment vas especially happy In the cir
oumstance that the measure threw q
fresh bond of anion around Germany.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Trnversed Mexico.
Orr OF MEXICO, May 10.-The Gsv- |
ernment Meteorological Bureaa reports |
that the recent earthquake shock |
trAveFsed Mexico through the Sierra |
Madre mountains, which cross the |
country from the northwest TO the
southeast.
Preparing fer the Kentucky Derby. !
LOUISVILLE, May To- Tomorrow the
Kentucky Derby, the most priced OF all
the WestaFn trip events, will take place.
Ths Face, which is for three year old
colts and hllies, distance one and one
half miles, has never been q more open
specalAtion. Each candidate has Q full
quots OF admirers. though heFeAbouta
jim Gore sRd BanbuFR are the best
thought Of Lueky Baldwin arrived
from California last night. when in
terrogated a. 10 his Derby candidates,
Pendenis and Goliah, be stated that
before the string left California, Pen
denis vas in his mind ths much faster
Of the two and IN the trial made Of =
mile ana q half he demonstrated his
superiority. he said a. be bad not yet
seen bis trainer he could not assert
whether both horses would start on
Wednesday OF not. He baA grave
doubts e. 20 sithsr sf his horses ability
70 beal BanburR. whoa be thinks .
grsstly improved animal oveE his two-
ysAr-oId form.
LUcET AALDvIN's DEaTKA.
CHICAGO, May 10. - A special from
louisville asserts that Goliah has been
ooaEhinR for the past fow days and 10
is hardly likely be will Be sent 90 the
post, ~ Laeky Baldwin has set bis
heart on viBniaR tue Americas Derby
at Chisag0 for the third successive
tins. Good judges vho have sssn Pen
denis do net consider him likely 10 Be
IN at the death, thoaRh IL " undsniably
tFae that tbs stable stands 10 win =
large amount on bis chance.
Editss OsBrfen In Nsw TSrk.
HEw YoAK, Nay l0.-Willias Smith
OfRrisn, editor Of UHffsf Irslasd vas
seen 81 the Holman HOase this morn
log. He says that hs will start for
| Montreal toniGht and make his first